Dictionary entry

Gentle

Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛnt(ə)l/

Pronunciation

/ˈdʒɛnt(ə)l/

Myanmar Meaning

(adj) ကြင်နာသော။ နူးညံသော။

Definition

gentle /'dʒentl / adj (-r / 'dʒentlǝ(r)/; -st / 'dʒentlÇst/) ၁။ (က) ၾကင္နာေသာ။ ညင္သာေသာ။ ႏူးညံ့သိမ္ေမြ႕ေသာ။ a gentle person/ manner/ voice/ touch ❍ a doctor who is gentle with his hands ❍ soap that is gentle on/ to one's skin ❍ Be gentle with my best china! (ခ) သာယာညင္းေပ်ာင္းေသာ။ a gentle breeze ❍ gentle rainfall ❍ cook over a gentle heat. ၂။ ေျပေသာ။ a gentle slope. ❏ gentleness /'dʒentlnǝs / n [U] ႏူးညံ့သိမ္ေမြ႕ျခင္း။ ညင္ညင္သာသာရိွျခင္း။ ❏ gently / 'dʒentli / adv ႏူးညံ့သိမ္ေမြ႕စြာ။ ညင္သာစြာ။ ေျပေျပ။ ျဖည္းျဖည္း။ ညင္ညင္သာသာ။ handle sth gently ❍ speak to sb gently ❍ The beach slopes gently down to the sea.

Examples

  1. Joe is such a gentle
  2. loving boy.
  3. Mother’s manner was always gentle.
  4. A gentle smile
  5. A gentle riverside stroll
  6. She gave a gentle pull on the dog’s leash.
  7. A soft June morning with a gentle breeze
  8. The road began to climb gentle sandy hills.
  9. The gentle curve of the bay
  10. Cook for several hours over a gentle heat.